(1) The current mandatory Poultry Products
Inspection Regulations (Code of Federal Regulations, 9 CFR, Part 381) and
Regulatory Requirements under the Poultry Products Inspection Act (Code of
Federal Regulations, 9 CFR, Parts 416 and 417) of the United States Department
of Agriculture, are hereby adopted in their entirety with the exception of the
deleted regulations specified in
40-10-2-.03 of this chapter and
amended regulations as specified in
40-10-2-.04 of this
chapter.
(2) Definitions in the
incorporated parts of the Federal regulations on mandatory poultry products
inspection (Code of Federal Regulations, 9 CFR, Parts 381, 416, and 417) of the
United States Department of Agriculture are amended to read as follows when
used in this chapter. Unless otherwise required by the context, the following
terms shall be construed, respectively to mean:
(a) "The Act" means the Georgia Code
Annotated 26-2-200 through 26-2-214.
(b) "The Administrator", "Regional Director",
"Area Supervisor", "District Manager", or "District Office" means the Director
of Meat Inspection, Georgia Department of Agriculture.
(c) "Circuit Supervisor" or "Inspection
Service Supervisor" means the Assistant District Supervisor of the Poultry
Inspection Program of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Meat Inspection
Section.
(d) "The Compliance
Program, Regulatory Programs, FSIS" means the Georgia Department of
Agriculture, Meat Inspection Compliance Program.
(e) "The Department", "United States
Department of Agriculture", "USDA", or the "U.S. Department of Agriculture"
means the Georgia Department of Agriculture. For brevity the acronym GDA is
also used in this rule.
(i) "U.S. Condemned"
means GDA Condemned.
(ii) "U.S.
Detained" means GDA Detained.
(iii)
"U.S. Inspected and Condemned" means GDA Inspected and Condemned.
(iv) "U.S. Inspected and Passed" means GDA
Inspected and Passed.
(v) "U.S.
Passed for Cooking" means GDA Passed for Cooking.
(vi) "U.S. Passed for Refrigeration" means
GDA Passed for Refrigeration.
(vii)
"U.S. Retained" means GDA Retained.
(viii) "U.S. Rejected" means GDA
Rejected.
(ix) "U.S. Suspect" means
GDA Suspect. "U.S. Government Seals" means GDA Seals.
(f) "Federal" means State.
(g) "Federally Inspected and Passed", "U.S.
Inspected and Passed", "U.S. Inspected for Wholesomeness", and "Federally
Inspected for Wholesomeness", means GDA Inspected and Passed.
(h) "Food Inspector", "Inspector",
"Inspection Service Employee", "USDA Inspector", "USDA Program Official", or
"Program Inspector" means an inspector of the Poultry Inspection Program of the
Georgia Department of Agriculture, Meat Inspection Section.
(i) "Food Labeling Division, Regulatory
Programs, FSIS" means the office of the Director, Georgia Department of
Agriculture, Meat Inspection Section.
(j) "The Program", "Federal Inspection",
"Federal Poultry Inspection", "Meat and Poultry Inspection", "Meat and Poultry
Inspection Program", "Inspection Service", "Food Safety and Inspection
Service", "Food Safety and Quality Service", "Technical Services", "Technical
Service Center", "Standards and Labeling Division", and "Agency" mean the
Poultry Inspection Program of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Meat
Inspection Section.
(k) "The
Secretary" means the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of
Agriculture.
(l) "Veterinary
Supervisor" means Statewide Veterinary Supervisor, District Supervisor, or the
Director of the Poultry Inspection Program of the Georgia Department of
Agriculture, Meat Inspection Section.
(m) "Veterinary Inspector" means Public
Health Veterinarians of the Poultry Inspection Program of the Georgia
Department of Agriculture, Meat Inspection Section.
(n) "USDA Inspection Legend" and "Official
Inspection Legend" mean the Inspection Legend of the Poultry Inspection Program
of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Meat Inspection Section as outlined
in this chapter of the regulations.
(3) Nothing in this Subject 40-10-2 shall be
construed as authorizing the slaughter, other than for humane euthanasia or
disease control, of poultry by a dealer, broker, poultry market operator, or
employee or contractor thereof or any person acquiring live poultry from any of
them on the premises of the dealer or broker or on the premises of a sales
establishment in violation of Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section
4-4-82.1.
